Deliver Us from Evil (2014, USA)

Deliver Us from Evil (2014, USA)

The face of law enforcement in writer-director Scott Derrickson’s latest horror is a horribly self-righteous tough guy who finds religion and lays down his own kind of violent justice. Derrickson’s fourth feature is loosely...

One Generation Away

Film Warns of Secularism’s Religious Repression

America’s religious freedom is a “remarkable privilege,” policy analyst Jennifer Marshall states in the film [One Generation Away: The Erosion of Religious Liberty] prescreened on July 28 at Marshall’s own Heritage Foundation. Yet as...

A frame of "The Frame"

Jamin Winans’ The Frame

Since then, I haven’t heard or seen much from Winans, aside from a clever short film. As such, I was very pleasantly surprised to learn that he has completed a new feature, another fantastical-looking...

DVD cover for Santitos/Little Saints (1999, Mexico)

Santitos/Little Saints (1999, Mexico) review

The premise is simple: a mother has doubts about her only daughter’s death and hasty funeral. Instead, she strongly suspects a case of conspiracy and human trafficking. A deeply religious person, she appeals to...

PK poster

Indian Supreme Court on PK

The Supreme Court on Thursday junked a petition seeking a stay on the screening of Aamir Khan starrer “PK” for alleged nudity and scenes with a potential to hurt religious sensibilities. The petitioner, an...

Poster for Mencintai Nisan

“Mencintai Nisan,” or “Loving (a) Tombstone.”

Dimas Brodjonegoro, the Jakarta-based artist has dived into filmmaking with his directorial debut, “Mencintai Nisan,” or “Loving (a) Tombstone.” It’s a story that uses the template of a romantic drama to examine the fraught...